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Kathleen McNulty Mann

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RE: Valid research related to time frame of a rehearsal schedule

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 05-06-2021 10:05
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I know it's frustrating to not have administration that understands what it is we do and why/how we do it.  Sometimes I find it's helpful to compare myself to a sports team if that's easier for them (and especially if they are already making that comparison). So the football team for example has about ...

RE: ITS Activities?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 03-16-2021 13:30
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I totally totally get that Kate! I normally have an enormous troupe and indeed reap the benefits of many students being involved and sharing the load. It has been much fewer this year and much more difficult to get things done for sure with shows, meetings, anything. We have had far fewer participate ...

RE: After show congratulations during Covid

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 03-16-2021 13:05
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We did outside greetings only and because we had kids come to the auditorium in full costume/makeup (cut down on dressing room needs) we let them leave and greet outside in full costume/makeup after a quick tidy up and reset . We usually do not allow greeting in costume/makeup after evening performances; ...

RE: ITS Activities?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 03-16-2021 12:52
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We are doing ALL kinds of things and the kids have really been the ones to generate new ideas. Here are a few that are regulars for us and have stayed during the pandemic AND a few that are new to this time and working. I think the key is, lean on the kids to take on doing what sounds fun to them. For ...

RE: Masks on stage ?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 03-16-2021 12:09
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We've been masking and social distancing on stage all year including our musical in the fall and improv which both seemed the most challenging in thought but worked just fine in action.  The only time performers in the musical were allowed to take off their masks was if they are a soloist on stage essentially ...

Is Thespy Playwriting (Playworks) a non-qualifying event?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 03-16-2021 12:00
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I have a few students planning to attend ITF who may be interested in submitting a play for Thespy Playwriting (formerly Playworks) but I'm not sure about the rules. Two of them qualify in that their plays scored Superiors at the State level in our state; however, both of those plays are longer than ...

RE: Thoughts for next season

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 06-22-2020 16:04
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My best advice is play in the world of original student works. Constraints make us all more creative, and our students have their own brilliant ideas of how to make what they want to see work. Let them adapt famous works (like mentioned above) or create all new material.  I'm also thinking along the ...

RE: Musical Stipend

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 04-19-2019 09:14
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There is a set supplement for "Drama Club Sponsor" in my District (it's a LOT lower than band, choir, or coaching a sport and more in line with supplements for most other clubs) and other supplements for just being a general club sponsor; however, each school only gets a set amount of supplement funding ...

RE: 24 Hour Play Fest

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 10-05-2018 14:15
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Both links should work now. Not sure why the second one was dead but I reset it. ------------------------------ Kathleen McNulty Mann mcnulkl@bay.k12.fl.us Program Director Arnold High School Theatre Thespian Troupe 6371 Panama City Beach, FL District 10 Chair & State Logistics Florida ...

RE: Drood edits for high school

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 10-05-2018 14:12
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Call or email and talk to a rep at Tams-Whitmark about if there are approved edits/cuttings that have been used in the past. The ONLY way to edit or cut is with their permission/them getting permission so they will know if certain edits have been approved for other productions such as at a high school, ...

RE: 24 Hour Play Fest

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 10-05-2018 08:49
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We have hosted a play in a day festival for the last 3 years. Let me know if you have questions but here are some documents that might help. If anything doesn't make sense in there, feel free to ask about it. We do ours instead of a late spring show because of testing chaos in the last nine weeks.  ...

RE: 24-Hour Play Festival curriculum?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-25-2018 08:52
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Here is my format for the one we do annually and invite 8th-12th graders from our area to participate in: DAY OF Play in a Day Rules Instructions and Documents There is probably some stuff in there that isn't helpful to you, but it gives an idea of how we do it and has the rules and instructional materials ...

RE: Teaching to Mastery

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-22-2018 10:58
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They have however long it takes to get to mastery in my class. That's by district mandate but even before then it was the way I worked.  I always move to a next assignment and often it's building on the prior skills taught. I use more advanced students in mixed groups with those struggling so that ...

RE: How much do you charge for rent?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-07-2018 09:07
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When it's for other educational purposes and organizations we always just loan items. The hope being that others will loan to us when we are in need as well. We have loaned full sets, furniture, costumes, props, and all kinds of other items. Here is the text of a borrowing agreement we ask groups to ...

RE: When you fundraise and there's money leftover at the end of the year ...

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-05-2018 11:42
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Each school, district, and state may be different; however, generally I believe all money raised in the name of the school becomes property of the school and the school can use it as such. At the end of the year a principal can choose or may even be required to use leftover money and balance back to ...

RE: improv--beginning of the semester or no?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-05-2018 10:19
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I think we probably all do improv all of the time at least a little bit; however, in terms of teaching it as a style of theatre where we teach "rules" and "games" that are specific to performance improv, in our program we wait until the end of the first year of our Acting 1 course to teach it and then ...

RE: All African American Cast (high school)....please help

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 09-04-2018 12:00
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I agree with what was said earlier about not limiting yourself to shows billed as having an all black cast (though I also understand wanting to specifically choose something that does as well). Maybe just look for good material that would work for anyone. You can look at past discussion threads on this ...

RE: Thespian Meetings

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 08-31-2018 13:38
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We have a very large troupe and we meet every week for an hour and half on Thursdays. Here are some of our weekly agenda items and the kinds of things we cover under each. Our student board of officers makes an agenda to hand out and the plan for each meeting in advance so that we cover everything and ...

RE: Once On This Island - Thoughts?

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 08-28-2018 09:14
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Once On This Island is among my favorite shows of all time not only to see, but I absolutely loved producing it with my students. It was one of the strongest shows we have ever done and probably the most well received non-"typical high school show" we have done as well.  The students were psyched ...

RE: One Acts

Posted By Kathleen McNulty Mann 08-24-2018 09:06
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Have the students write your show.  We have written our Thespian One Act (along with numerous other student written one acts we do) each year for about 7 years now and have often had it move on to State and score very well there too.  When the students write it, you can completely control content, ...